The barricaded co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz, 27, then manually and “intentionally” set the Airbus A320 on its fateful eight-minute path into the mountainside in the southern French Alps.

Police investigating the Germanwings crash said they had made a 'significant discovery' at the home of pilot Andreas Lubitz, who deliberately ploughed the Airbus A320 into the French Alps.

Moments after reaching cruising altitude, the plane descends then, shortly after, crashes into the French Alps. A Rare Look at Tucker Cars Sebastian Thrun on the Future of Learning Smithsonian ...

But it never arrived because, investigators said, the plane was deliberately downed by 28-year-old co-pilot Andreas Lubitz ... France and crossed through the Alps. In the space of just 13 ...